stranglehold

noun

Definition of strangleholdnext
as in albatross

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Recent Examples of stranglehold Instead, Vladar exceeded everyone's expectations and took a stranglehold of the starting job. — Tom Dougherty, CBS News, 1 July 2026 Police officials and advocates for trafficking victims say the Hoovers gang, which formed in the 1970s, has long held a stranglehold along Figueroa. — Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026 The court’s decision in the latter case gives a president with an expansive view of his power a green light to increase his stranglehold over independent federal agencies. — Josh Feldman, NBC news, 30 June 2026 Militia commanders were already feeling slighted by their British overlords, and London’s stranglehold on trade and manufacturing caused still more resentment. — Ann Manov, Harpers Magazine, 23 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for stranglehold
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stranglehold
  1. albatross
  2. millstone
  3. disadvantage
  4. handicap
  5. drawback
  6. downside
  7. debit
  8. liability
Noun
  • Los Angeles now has an albatross of a contract on its hands in an offseason when Plum, Ogwumike and Rae Burrell will be free agents.
    — Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 21 July 2026
  • The piano is both a majestic heirloom and a weighty albatross.
    — Stuart Miller, Oc Register, 7 July 2026
Definition of albatross
Noun
  • What had once been the engine of Microsoft’s AI strategy was starting to feel like a millstone.
    — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 21 May 2026
  • Sterling failed to live up to unreasonable expectations created by his huge contract, which quickly became a millstone.
    — Liam Twomey, New York Times, 15 May 2026
Definition of millstone
Noun
  • As a destination, Titan does have some disadvantages, however.
    — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 31 July 2026
  • As De Puy shares, being a drag queen came with its advantages and disadvantages when secluded with over a dozen strangers on a TV set.
    — Lily Brown, PEOPLE, 31 July 2026
Definition of disadvantage
Noun
  • Nick Jackson was still on the floor as this devolved into a handicap match.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
  • For amenities like restrooms, a handicap accessible walkover, ample parking, and a lifeguard on duty, consider the Santa Clara Regional beach access.
    — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 13 July 2026
Definition of handicap
Noun
  • Mick Jagger, 82, said there are only drawbacks to aging in a recent interview.
    — Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 24 July 2026
  • One of the biggest drawbacks for this card currently is its lack of transfer partners.
    — Ryley Amond, CNBC, 23 July 2026
Definition of drawback
Noun
  • Second, manage risk by taking incremental steps, piloting solutions, and actively assessing potential downsides, rather than striving for perfection.
    — Tracy Brower, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • But the keep-ICE-out approach has downsides that Democrats rarely acknowledge.
    — Nick Miroff, The Atlantic, 26 July 2026
Definition of downside
Noun
  • That means that even when making debit purchases with Visa’s backing, X can’t guarantee that users will be refunded for all fraudulent charges.
    — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 29 July 2026
  • The market is no longer waiting for Bitcoin holders to suddenly behave like debit-card users.
    — Sean Lee, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Definition of debit
Noun
  • Leaders often face dangerous blind spots, not from incompetence, but from strengths like confidence and decisiveness becoming liabilities.
    — Julian Hayes II, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • The letter, signed by leaders of 22 of the EU's 27 states, has turned Spain's crisis into a continent-wide argument that Sánchez's comparatively liberal migration stance has become a liability for the whole bloc.
    — Miguel Macias, NPR, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of liability

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“Stranglehold.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stranglehold. Accessed 3 Aug. 2026.

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